Posted by Consider This
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 21, 2013 at 8:06 am

@Chris Zaharias: Would you really want to roll to a stop, after being shot, in the middle of EPA? Obviously the man's survival instinct was intact, as he forged his way to relative safety. The mind, sensing danger, works this way.

Posted by muttiallen
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Oct 21, 2013 at 10:12 ammuttiallen is a registered user.

I'm assuming this person was not surprised at being shot at, and was probably heading for the hospital. This is unlikely to be a 'random' shooting at 2 pm on Sunday afternoon. He didn't want to stop at City Hall -- no one there. Police station is down at the other end of Bay Road. EPA is a great small city with a few very bad apples. I work there and travel all over the city nearly every day with no worries. There are lots of good families trying to get a better life for their children, and this is the start.

Posted by Social Butterfly
a resident of Green Acres
on Oct 21, 2013 at 8:08 pmSocial Butterfly is a registered user.

A lot of people in EPA do not want to "get involved" for fear of retaliations.
I remember an incident years ago when a little old lady in EPA had a rough time when she was trying to rid the neighborhood of the bad apples and violence. She had the "Guardian Angels" from San Francisco come to aid...a bit late, but she sure tried her best...( Editor, if you remember this, please refresh the memory of her incident...) I never heard anymore about this woman, but if EPA is EVER to get cleaned up, it is going to take more than just ONE little old lady to do it...................Way over due.............

Posted by Hmmm
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Oct 21, 2013 at 10:59 pmHmmm is a registered user.

Social Butterfly, you're referring to CW Roddy, who died fairly recently. I don't recall who called the Guardian Angels to come help. She actually did have a body guard who wasn't a GA, because the FBI had confirmed some either legit info or a solid rumor that there was a price on Roddy's head for standing up against some local small time drug dealer(s). Roddy was hit by gunfire while she was home w/her adult son during the holidays - NYE, I think it was. It was generally thought that the shooter lived across the street & was a young thug.

Mrs. Roddy wasn't a "little old lady", by the way. She was older, yes, but she was strong, not small, intelligent, and used to standing up for herself and being involved in her community.

EPA's crime problems have vastly improved since then. It was much more of the Wild Wild West back in 1990, when Mrs. Roddy was shot. May she rest in peace.

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